In another browser instance, go to your help desk portal. Notice that you get an alert box welcoming you.

In another browser instance, go to any page in the Spiceworks app. Notice that you DO NOT get an alert box welcoming you.

What’s going on here?

In this example, we’re showing you how to respond to an event in Spiceworks. In this case, the event is that the user portal is
“ready”, that is to say, it is done loading and ready for whatever action you want to take.

Events like this one exist throughout the app. For a full list of events, check out
the Spiceworks plugin API.

Some actions, like adding a widget type or navigation item, will be automatically scoped to the appropriate areas of the product.
But sometimes, a plugin author will need to really dig into some particular area of the product in order to add a feature.
Responding to events will allow them to do this.

Other events that might be helpful (copied from the official list in the Spiceworks Plugin API: